Gankutsuou (which I can never remember how to spell) is so good! And so absolutely beautiful; I love the style of the animation.
I agree with a lot of your thoughts on Underground. The Harriet Tubman speech episode was a big deal when it first aired – there were a lot of interviews about how it was such a grand moment for the actress, and they tried to make it a whole media event with twitter hashtags and loads of advertising, but... I just don't think it was the best storytelling choice. Oddly, I think it might have worked better with an original character? Anyone likely to be watching Underground in the first place probably knows the basic narrative of Tubman's life, and so it was an hour (or more – I believe the episode was slightly longer than normal) of restating facts we already had.
There were a lot of plots and moments I absolutely loved in Underground Season 2, but I agree that the pacing was way off.
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I agree with a lot of your thoughts on Underground. The Harriet Tubman speech episode was a big deal when it first aired – there were a lot of interviews about how it was such a grand moment for the actress, and they tried to make it a whole media event with twitter hashtags and loads of advertising, but... I just don't think it was the best storytelling choice. Oddly, I think it might have worked better with an original character? Anyone likely to be watching Underground in the first place probably knows the basic narrative of Tubman's life, and so it was an hour (or more – I believe the episode was slightly longer than normal) of restating facts we already had.
There were a lot of plots and moments I absolutely loved in Underground Season 2, but I agree that the pacing was way off.